Roswell Park, Catholic Health, University at Buffalo unite to answer question: Who will develop severe COVID-19?

$150,000 from 11 Day Power Play kicks off fund to support one of the first precision-medicine studies of new virus.

Western New York health care and medical research leaders are joining forces in an effort to uncover hidden information from the cells of those who have been exposed to the novel coronavirus, seeking insights on how best to care for those who develop COVID-19 illness. Called the Western New York Immunogenomic COVID-19 Study, the new initiative unites three leading regional health care organizations – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Catholic Health and the University at Buffalo – in a project with great potential for advancing our understanding of COVID-19 for the benefit of patients worldwide.